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Here is the top 25 from last rankings and what they did in their final 2 (or 3 if in championship) weeks to help determine the #2 spot (as i assume USC is #1 lol)

Red = LOSS

1. Southern Cal Trojans (12-0)
13: at #4 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (W, 24-13)
14: vs. UCLA Bruins (W, 27-13)

2. Florida State Seminoles (11-2)
13: vs. Maryland Terrapins (W, 31-14)
14: at #5 Florida Gators (L, 34-24)
Conference Championship: vs. #11 Georgia Tech (L, 24-3)

3. Ohio State Buckeyes (11-1)
13: at Michigan Wolverines (L, 27-24)
14: BYE

4. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (11-1)
13: vs. #1 Southern Cal Trojans (L, 24-13)
14: vs. Iowa Hawkeyes (W, 31-13)

5. Florida Gators (12-1)
13: BYE
14: vs. #2 Florida State Seminoles (W, 34-24)
Conference Championship: vs. #17 Alabama (W, 35-3)

6. Oklahoma Sooners (12-1)
13: at #15 Texas Tech Red Raiders (W, 31-28)
14: vs. Oklahoma State Cowboys (W, 27-10)
Conference Championship: at #7 Missouri (W, 38-34)

7. Missouri Tigers (11-2)
13: BYE
14: vs. Kansas Jayhawks (W< 41-17)
Conference Championship: vs. #6 Oklahoma (L, 38-34)

8. California Golden Bears (11-1)
13: at Stanford Cardinal (W< 27-17)
14: at Washington Huskies (W, 38-31)

9. Miami Hurricanes (10-2)
13: vs. #11 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (L, 45-20)
14: vs. NC State Wolfpack (W, 7-0)

10. Houston Cougars (12-1)
13: at UTEP Miners (W, 17-7)
14: vs. Rice Owls (W, 31-11)
Conference Championship: vs. #25 Memphis (L, 20-17)

11. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (10-3)
13: at Miami Hurricanes (W, 45-20)
14: vs. Georgia Bulldogs (L, 31-24)
Conference Championship: at #2 Florida State (W, 24-3)

12. LSU Tigers (10-2)
13: at Mississippi Rebels (W, 21-14)
14: vs. Arkansas Razorbacks (W, 7-0)

13. Bowling Green Falcons (13-0)
13: at Buffalo Bulls (W, 31-7)
14: vs. Toledo Rockets (W, 41-14)
Conference Championship: vs. #24 Central Michigan (W, 41-10)

14.Clemson Tigers (8-4)
13: vs. Virginia Cavaliers (L, 7-0)
14: at #23 South Carolina Gamecocks (L, 7-0)

15.Texas Tech Red Raiders (9-3)
13: vs. #6 Oklahoma Sooners (L, 31-28)
14: at Baylor Bears (W, 30-17)

16. Pittsburgh Panthers (8-4)
13: at West Virginia Mountaineers (L, 35-14)
14: vs. Connecticut Huskies (W, 31-21)

17. Alabama Crimson Tide (10-3)
13: at Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders (W, 31-21)
14: at Auburn Tigers (W, 31-28)
Conference Championship: at #5 Florida (L, 35-3)

18. Georgia Bulldogs (9-3)
13: BYE
14: at #11 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (W, 31-24)

19. Kent State Golden Flashes (11-1)
13: at Northern Illinois Huskies (W, 27-0)
14: vs. Buffalo Bulls (W, 27-13)

20. TCU Horned Frogs (10-2)
13: at Air Force Falcons (W, 35-7)
14: BYE

21. Penn State Nittany Lions (9-3)
13: at Michigan State Spartans (W, 31-24)
14: BYE

22. Washington Huskies (8-4)
13: vs. Washington State Cougars (W, 35-10)
14: vs. #8 California Golden Bears (L, 38-31)

23. South Carolina Gamecocks (9-3)
13: BYE
14: vs. #14 Clemson Tigers (W, 7-0)

24.Central Michigan Chippewas (10-3)
13: at Ball State Cardinals (W, 10-9)
14: vs. Eastern Michigan Eagles (W, 35-7)
Conference Championship: at #13 Bowling Green (L, 41-10)

25. Memphis Tigers (11-2)
13: at Central Florida Golden Knights (W< 24-13)
14: at Tulane Green Wave (W, 28-0)
Conference Championship: at #10 Houston (W, 20-17)

26. Nebraska Cornhuskers (9-3)
13 BYE
14 at Colorado (W 17-14)

27. Michigan Wolverines (9-3)
13. Vs. #3 Ohio State (W 27-24)
14 BYE

28. San Diego State Aztecs (9-3)
13. at UNLV (W 16-8)
14. BYE

29. Ball State Cardinals (9-3)
13. vs. #24 Central Michigan (L 9-10)
14. at Western Michigan Dr. Tom (W 17-7)

30. Indiana Hoosiers (8-4)
13. Purdue (L 30-45)
14. BYE

nice work nick!

this will make voting easy on everyone, very nice job nick.

this is really nice. If this was real life, Ohio St would be out because they lost late not early (I never got that). Comes down to OSU, OU, and FLA in my eyes for #2. It's going to be interesting to see how it turns out.

Hey this really helps. Thanks cause I was going to really have to do the research to see who is hot and who's consistent and who's not.

It's hard not to say that OU or UF just earned themselves a shot after winning their Conference Championships...the late loss by OSU pretty much knocks them out of the NC talk. You can't avoid that USC is in..and they already proved they can beat ND, so the Irish had their shot already.

So agree, USC has done it and are in

OU vs. UF:

Key win:
Oklahoma: 11-2 Missouri [Conf. Champ]
Florida: 11-2 Florida State Seminoles [week 14]

Key Loss:
Oklahoma:8-4 Kansas State [week 9]
Florida: 10-2 LSU [week 7]

OOC:
Oklahoma:Nevada, Western Kentucky, North Texas, Memphis
Florida: Army, Rutgers, Northwestern, (Florida State rival:automatic)

Neither team really challenged themselves with their non-conference scheduling :/ so this is really tough.

I'm tempted to go with OU because their Conference Championship game was tough and against a top coach and I think they would match up well against USC. And the fact that FSU lost their Conference Championship actually hurt UF a lot.

Maybe we should throw 13-0 Bowling Green to the wolves! haha...with that tough MAC schedule and all

pounddarock wrote:Maybe we should throw 13-0 Bowling Green to the wolves! haha...with that tough MAC schedule and all

Ahem, that's "Badass MAC" to you.

pounddarock wrote:
OU vs. UF:

Key win:
Oklahoma: 11-2 Missouri [Conf. Champ]
Florida: 11-2 Florida State Seminoles [week 14]

Key Loss:
Oklahoma:8-4 Kansas State [week 9]
Florida: 10-2 LSU [week 7]

OOC:
Oklahoma:Nevada, Western Kentucky, North Texas, Memphis
Florida: Army, Rutgers, Northwestern, (Florida State rival:automatic)

Neither team really challenged themselves with their non-conference scheduling :/ so this is really tough.

I'm tempted to go with OU because their Conference Championship game was tough and against a top coach and I think they would match up well against USC. And the fact that FSU lost their Conference Championship actually hurt UF a lot.

Maybe we should throw 13-0 Bowling Green to the wolves! haha...with that tough MAC schedule and all

Thanks alot PDR!!!

Nice write-up, Nick. As a "MACster" myself, I'd like to see walker get his ass kicked in the championship game, or would he? HMM.....

buckeye76 wrote:
Thanks alot PDR!!!

You're right...8-4 and Co-Champs of the Big East..Rutgers was a strong opponent..my bad

Dr Tom Gordon wrote:Nice write-up, Nick. As a "MACster" myself, I'd like to see walker get his ass kicked in the championship game, or would he? HMM.....

Now that you mention it....everyone in favor of Utah getting a shot this year better put Bowling Green at the top!

Thanks for the help Nick, great job!

Hmm, all the work I do last night doing the voting aid and Nick gets all the credit, that's nice to see

All he did was cut and past the voting aid I send hours updating, and then he just cut out the first 12 weeks of the poll, but if it helps you if you vote, go for it.

If you want a really accurate picture of what people did, make sure you use the entire voting aid, because there were quite a few games in the top 25 I updated that people lost that were making up games from weeks 1-12

yep, good shit.

UNLV #1!!!

pounddarock wrote:Now that you mention it....everyone in favor of Utah getting a shot this year better put Bowling Green at the top!

better yet, how about oklahoma vs florida in the bcs championship game. can virtual florida win again?

pounddarock wrote: Now that you mention it....everyone in favor of Utah getting a shot this year better put Bowling Green at the top!

Its not even close to the same, because Utah beat four ranked teams, and in fact beat two top 10 teams in alabama and TCU. That's why Utah was in the BCS, and Boise and Ball State never were going to be considered, because Utah played a good schedule (and beat the only team that beat USC)

Mtwasik wrote:Hmm, all the work I do last night doing the voting aid and Nick gets all the credit, that's nice to see

All he did was cut and past the voting aid I send hours updating, and then he just cut out the first 12 weeks of the poll, but if it helps you if you vote, go for it.

If you want a really accurate picture of what people did, make sure you use the entire voting aid, because there were quite a few games in the top 25 I updated that people lost that were making up games from weeks 1-12

Good point, wasik. You did goooood too!

3 Cheers for Mtwasik

pounddarock wrote:3 Cheers for Mtwasik

How about results for teams on the fringe of the top 25 that didn't make it?